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Persistence
Review of Adult Learning and Literacy
- A Primer on Adult Learning and Literacy in the United Kingdom
Mary Hamilton and Juliet Merrifield (1999) (Annual Review, Volume 1, Chapter 7)
Focus on Basics
- More Curriculum Structure: A Response to "Turbulence"
John Strucker (FOB, Volume 8, Issue C, December, 2006) - Distance Learning as a Backup
Lauri McLellan Schoneck (FOB, Volume 8, Issue C, December, 2006) - Learners on Learning to Read
Alisa Belzer (FOB, Volume 8, Issue B, May 2006) - The Community High School of Vermont: An Uncommon High School in An Uncommon Setting
Tom Woods (FOB, Volume 7, Issue D, August 2005) - Implementation Isn't Easy
Janet Geary (FOB, Volume 7, Issue A, June 2004) - Youth Cultural Competence: A Pathway for Achieving Outcomes with Youth
Josh Weber (FOB, Volume 7, Issue A, June 2004) - A Comprehensive Professional Development Process Produces Radical Results
Betsy Topper & Mary Beth Gordon (FOB, Volume 7, Issue A, June 2004) - Sudan to South Dakota: Helping Youth Make the Transition
Lara Ann Frey & Yvonne Lerew (FOB, Volume 7, Issue A, June 2004) - Separate Yet Happy
Barbara Garner (FOB, Volume 7, Issue A, June 2004) - Study Circles Challenge the Intellect and Strengthen the Professional Community
Tom Smith (FOB, Volume 5, Issue D June 2002) - Reflections on the Women, Violence, and Adult Education Project
Elizabeth Morrish (FOB, Volume 5, Issue C, February 2002) - Literacy, Health, and Health Literacy: State Policy Considerations
Marcia Drew Hohn (FOB, Volume 5, Issue C, February 2002) - The K-12 School Experiences of High School Dropouts
Stephen Reder & Clare Strawn (FOB, Volume 4, Issue D, April 2001) - Program Participation and Self-Directed Learning to Improve Basic Skills
Stephen Reder & Clare Strawn (FOB, Volume 4, Issue D, April 2001) - Helping Adults Persist: Four Supports
John Comings, Andrea Parrella, & Lisa Soricone (FOB, Volume 4, Issue A, March 2000) - The Effects of Continuing Goal-Setting on Persistence in a Math Classroom
Pam Meader (FOB, Volume 4, Issue A, March 2000) - Look Before You Leap: Helping Prospective Learners Make Informed Educational Choices
Marti Giese (FOB, Volume 4, Issue A, March 2000) - The First Three Weeks: A Critical Time for Motivation
B. Allan Quigley (FOB, Volume 2, Issue A, March 1998) - Build Motivation by Building Learner Participation
Barbara Garner (FOB, Volume 2, Issue A, March 1998) - Focus on Research: NCSALL's Learner Motivation Study
Barbara Garner (FOB, Volume 2, Issue A, March 1998)
NCSALL Reports
- "I've Come A Long Way": Learner-Identified Outcomes of Participation in Adult Literacy Programs.
Bingman, B. & Ebert, O. (2000) (NCSALL Report #13) - Persistence Among Adult Basic Education Students in Pre-GED Classes.
Comings, J., Parrella, A. & Soricone, L. (1999) (NCSALL Report #12)
NCSALL-related Reports
- "As Long As It Takes" – Responding to the Challenges of Adult Student Persistence in Library Literacy Programs.Comings, J., Cuban, S., Bos, J., & Porter, K. with Doolittle, F. (2003) (MDRC Report)
- "I Did it For Myself" – Studying Efforts to Increase Adult Learner Persistence In Library Literacy Programs. Comings, J., Cuban, S., Bos, J., & Taylor, C. (2001) (MDRC Report)
- "One Day I Will Make It" – A Study of Adult Student Persistence in Library Literacy Programs.Porter, K., Cuban, S., & Comings, J. with Chase, V. (2005) (MDRC Report)
NCSALL Teaching and Training Materials
- Program Administrators' Sourcebook: A Resource on NCSALL’s Research for Adult Education Program Administrators
Taylor, J., Smith, C., & Bingman, B. with Bott, M., Gass, K., Lay, B., Taylor, D. A., & Tiedeman, K. (December 2005) (Teaching and Training Material) - Goals and Self-efficacy in Persistence.
(2005) (NCSALL Seminar Guide) - Helping Adults Persist
(2005) (NCSALL Seminar Guide) - Adult Student Persistence
(NCSALL Study Circle Guide, 2006) - Rethinking Instruction and Participation for Adult Basic Education Jones, R. (July 2005) (NCSALL and Goodling Institute Study Circle Guide)
- Supports and Barriers to Persistence (2005) (NCSALL Seminar Guide)
NCSALL Videos
- Persistence Among Adult Education Students Panel Streaming Video- (Link will open in a new window.)